At the Masters, Green was giving reasons his poem doesn't rhyme and explaining what he has against Augusta National.

He said the Masters overlooks the little guy - everyday fans find a ticket to the Masters almost impossible to acquire. Green said there should be a lottery, similar to operations used by the Super Bowl and the NCAA's Final Four basketball tournament.

Let's crawl out to left field and play with Green's idea.

Why not allow each PGA tournament to draft, say, five players. If a player is drafted, his appearance is mandatory.

With such a system, a tournament like the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic would be guaranteed top-shelf players. It could escape the rap of a second-rate field and it could cease concern with living in the shadow of the British Open.

One year the tournament could draft Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. Since Nicklaus claims he won't play the PGA Seniors Tour - he turns 50 in January - this would give area golf fans a chance to see one of the true immortals of the sport.

Another year, the A-B Classic could draft those who have played the tournament before but now bypass it: Paul Azinger, Chip Beck and Green himself, plus pulling in new young guns like British Open champ Mark Calcavecchia.

SPORT OF KING - One of the more interesting standoffs is the spat between boxing promoters Don King and the Duva family.

If the Duvas find they can't do heavyweight business with King, they could lock Chavez and Nelson out of big-money title fights.

The Duvas manage and promote World Boxing Association super lightweight champion Meldrick Taylor, International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Pernell Whitaker and a half-dozen contenders in the lightweight and welterweight divisions.

The Duvas may need King for the heavyweight fight, but King needs the Duvas for any number of challenges in the lighter weights.

Matching Chavez and Taylor in a unification fight is a logical step for both careers. It's especially important to Chavez who will seek to close out his career with big paydays.

Hector Camacho is a likely opponent for either champion. Hard at work on the comeback trail, Camacho's unpredictable style would give Chavez fits and he would demand top dollar. Camacho also has a knack for irritating boxing fans and promoters.

Another course for Chavez is to move back down to the lightweight division, where he was undefeated and held the unified title for a year.

Whitaker is on course to reunite the lightweight titles - he fights Jose Luis Ramirez Aug. 20 for the IBF and WBC titles. If successful there, Whitaker moves on to a unification bout with WBA champion Edwin Rosario.

Nelson is nearly 30 years old and continues to fight in an obscure division. His shot at fame and riches is to challenge Whitaker for the unified lightweight title.

Whitaker can find plenty of work without Chavez or Nelson.

What happens to these possibilities rests on how King handles the Tyson-Holyfield negotiations.

CAMPING OUT - The Cleveland Browns are projecting Robert Banks as a potential starter at defensive end. Banks, a graduate of Hampton High School, became a Brown when the Houston Oilers left him unprotected ... James Madison University running back Warren Marshall is in the Phoenix Cardinals' training camp as a free agent. Marshall, who was a sixth-round draft choice of Denver in 1987, is listed as a "future," which means he's being given the opportunity to make the 80-man preseason roster ... Bruce Arians, forced to resign as Temple head coach at the end of last season, is coaching running backs for the Kansas City Chiefs. Twelve years ago, Arians held a similar position at Virginia Tech, his alma mater.